RARE SOCIAL ETHICS DOCUMENTS

The Department of Social Ethics has received as a gift from Mr. George W. Noyes, treasurer of the Oneida Community, Ltd., a very important collection of the documents of the Putney and Oneida Communistic Associations published between 1834 and 1880.

The collection comprises files of "the Perfectionist," 1843-1846; "The Circular," 1864-1876; "The American Socialist," 1876-1879; "The Second Annual Report of the Oneida Association," 1850, pp. 31; "The Third Annual Report of the Oneida Community," 1867, pp. 71; "Handbook of the Oneida Community," 1875, pp. 48; "Salvation from Sin," 1876, by J. H. Noyes, pp. 48; "Mutual Criticism," 1876, by J. H. Noyes, pp. 96; "Male Continence," 1877, by J. H. Noyes, pp. 32; "Scientific Propagation," by J. H. Noyes, pp. 32; "Paul's Prize," by J. H. Noyes, pp. 16; "Bible Communism," 1853, pp. 128; "The Oneida Community," 1848-1901, by G. N. Miller, pp. 20; "The Oneida Community, 1912, by G. W. Noyes, pp. 31; "The Berean," (a compendium of theological views) 1847, pp. 504; and "Home Talks," 1875, by J. H. Noyes, pp. 358.

Similar sets are available only in the Library of the British Museum, the New York City Public Library, and the Library of Cornell University.